The Scrambler finally left my shop today...and made it about 30 yards. Tranny fluid was low and got that refilled so she's moving!
Figured out that I kinked the factory rear brake line after installing the 4" lift and 33" tires. It took me 2 hours of anger to figure out why I couldn't get the damn things to bleed lol. Extended brake lines are now installed all the way around with a new master cylinder.
Installed a 4" rough country lift, HD front shackles-factory height, tie rod ends, ball joints, and new rear U-joints.
Removed all the emissions junk and vacuum lines that I could, leaving just the charcoal canister, pcv, vacuum advance, and brake booster to help eliminate some issues. I ended up finding a small check valve ball/BB about 4" inside of a hose coming from the Non- linear valve after I removed all the hoses.
Replaced the leaky plastic valve cover and installed an Omix aluminum valve cover....Looks great but kind of a pain in the butt having to tap holes for something that should be a pull and replace part. I did find that the guy that rebuilt the engine put a pcv valve in both valve cover vents holes instead of a non-valved elbow in the rear. Possibly why the thing leaked so bad.
Rebuilt the old Carter BBD(my first carb rebuild), took me about 5 hours to get the right tools/calipers and rebuild it all to spec. It took another couple hours of chasing my tail until I finally got the carb tuned right since I had to pull the venturis out a second time and give them a good blow through to finally get the jeep to idle. The mechanical fuel pump lifter was broken so I replaced the fuel pump, the soft fuel lines and filter.
I have a big test I'm studying for scheduled on Wednesday, after that I will have some time to install the new HEI, bring her on test run, and go get her inspected and registered.
When cash allows I will be re-gearing and probably looking for a new lift. The 4" lift is too tall and it appears that I have a lot of wiggle room to drop it down some. So most likely a 2.5" lift in the future.
It's been a bunch of part store runs for minor things, waiting for parts, knuckle busting, diagnosing, and fixing but I sure do love working on this thing!
